Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE II—B.
Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.
Age Groups. | No. of Children Inspected. | A. (Excellent). | B. (Normal). | C. (Slightly-Subnormal). | D. (Bad). | ||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
Entrants | 1,666 | 279 | 16.7 | 1,282 | 77.0 | 97 | 5.8 | 8 | 0.5 |
Second Age Group | 1,260 | 244 | 19.3 | 863 | 68.5 | 153 | 12.1 | — | — |
Third Age Group | 1,354 | 251 | 18.5 | 886 | 65.4 | 213 | 15.7 | 4 | 0.3 |
Other Routine Inspections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 4,280 | 774 | 18.1 | 3,031 | 70.8 | 463 | 10.8 | 12 | 0.3 |
TABLE III.
Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area. BLIND CHILDREN.
At Certified Schools for the Blind. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At Other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | |||||||
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1 | — | — | — | 1 | |||||||
PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN. | |||||||||||
At Certified Schools for the Blind. | At Certified Schools for the Partially Sighted | At Public Elomentary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total | ||||||
— | 17 | 1 | 1 | — | 19 | ||||||
DEAF CHILDREN. | |||||||||||
At Certified Schools for the Deaf. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | |||||||
9 | — | — | — | 9 | |||||||
PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN. | |||||||||||
At Certified Schools for the Deaf. | At Certified Schools for the Partially Deaf. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total | ||||||
— | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | ||||||
MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. Feeble-minded Children. | |||||||||||
At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | |||||||
86 | — | 5 | — | 91 |